FromMiddle Englishdisagre(“to refuse to assent to”),^[1] fromAnglo-Normandisagreer,disagrer,desagreer(“to refuse assent”), fromOld Frenchdesagreer,desagrëer(“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modernFrenchdésagréer(“to displease”));^[2] the English word is analysable asdis- +‎agree.

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/dɪsəˈɡɹiː/

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/dɪsəˈɡɹi/
• Rhymes:-iː
• Hyphenation:dis‧a‧gree

disagree (third-person singular simple presentdisagrees,present participledisagreeing,simple past and past participledisagreed)

1. (intransitive) To fail toagree; to have a different opinion or belief.

   Synonym:beg to differ

   Johndisagreed with Mary frequently.

   Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but Idisagree.

   • 2008,Nancy Pelosi, “A Voice That Will Be Heard”, inKnow Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters‎^[1],Doubleday,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,pages96–97:

     Not only did I oppose President George H.W. Bush on his China policy, I strenuouslydisagreed with Democratic President Bill Clinton on his trade and human rights policies toward China and Tibet as well. This was difficult because I otherwise greatly supported and admired his leadership.

   • 2009 October 9, Peter Walker,The Guardian:

     You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfrienddisagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.

   • 2015 November 1, Barbara Ellen, “Let’s never get inured to online rape threats”, inThe Observer‎^[2]:

     If her manner of opposing the debate was deemed objectionable (she scoffed a little, saying that the lack of female parity in society was more of an issue), there were ways for people todisagree without resorting to lurid terrorisations.

   • 2024 April 3,Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, inThe New York Times‎^[3]:

     Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another whiledisagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.

2. (intransitive) To fail toconform orcorrespond with.

   My results in the laboratory consistentlydisagree with yours.

• This is generally astative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. SeeCategory:English stative verbs